The Apothecary Diaries Season 1 Episode 24 Preview: Release Date, Time & Where To Watch

The Apothecary Diaries Season 1

The Apothecary Diaries is a new drama series with mystery elements. The story follows Maomao, a girl who becomes the lady-in-waiting for one of the emperor’s concubines Lady Gyokuyou. While serving her mistress, Maomao will be busy solving numerous mysteries using her strong deductive skills and medicinal expertise.

If you’ve been following this anime, you may be curious to find out when the next episode will be released. Well, wonder no more!

Here is everything you need to know about episode 24 of The Apothecary Diaries Season 1, including the release date, time, and where you can watch this.

Where Can I Watch The Apothecary Diaries Season 1?

The Apothecary Diaries Season 1 is airing in Japan on several Nippon Television Network broadcasting platforms. It is available to stream on Crunchyroll outside of Asian territories.

The Apothecary Diaries Season 1 Episode 24 Release Date

The Apothecary Diaries Season 1 Episode 24 will be released on Saturday 23rd March at approximately 4pm (GMT) / 9am (PT) / 11am (CT). Of course, it’s dependent on how quickly the platform uploads new episodes. Expect this to be pretty close to the release time though.

The Apothecary Diaries Season 1’s English Dub is now available on Crunchyroll. However, only episodes one through twenty-one have been dubbed so far. You’ll need to watch the remaining episodes in the native Japanese language with subtitles.

Season 1 Episode 24 is titled “Jinshi and Maomao” and will be 24 minutes long.

How Many Episodes Will The Apothecary Diaries Season 1 Have?

It has been announced that The Apothecary Diaries Season 1 will have 24 episodes in total. So with that in mind, we’ve got 1 episode left after this week’s episode.

Is There A Trailer For The Apothecary Diaries Season 1?

Yes! You can find a trailer for The Apothecary Diaries Season 1 below.

What Happened In Episode 23?

In The Apothecary Diaries Season 1 Episode 23, Maomao confronts Lakan. She offers to play him in a best three-out-five type of game. If Maomao wins, Lakan must buy out one of the older courtesans. If Lakan wins, Maomao must live with him after her contract expires. Maomao adds two rules to the game. The winner of each match must choose a poisoned beverage for the loser to drink.

As for the second rule, Maomao and Lakan cannot leave the game for any reason, otherwise, they’ll lose. Maomao loses rounds one and two and drinks several poisoned cups. Lakan purposefully loses the third round because he doesn’t want Maomao to drink more poison. Lakan drinks the cup and collapses. Maomao ensures Jinshi that the poison in the drinks is alcohol.

Additionally, she wants Gaoshun and Jinshi to take Lakan to the brothel so he can select a flower. Then, we cut to a flashback, which delves into Lakan’s past life experiences. We learn he had a rough relationship with his father and a great one with his uncle.

During his adult years, Lakan inherits his family’s military regime, filling him with glee. One day, he visits the Verdigris House and encounters Fengxian (who’d later become Maomao’s mother). He and Fengxian develop a friendly and competitive relationship over Go and Chess. During one of their games, the two get intimate with each other. Three months pass, and something terrible happens to Lakan’s uncle.

Also, Lakan’s father orders him to study abroad. Not wanting to anger his father, Lakan complies and tells Fengxian that he’ll be away for three months. Unfortunately for Lakan, he ends up returning in three years and learns about Fengxian’s cruel fate at the Verdigris House. Lakan succumbs to much grief and sorrow because of the ordeal.

Then, he wakes up in the present and Meimei greets him. Meimei presents Lakan with a beverage and he finds the taste revolting. Meimei tells Lakan Maomao made it for him and Lakan changes his views of the drink. Then, Meimei gives Lakan a withered rose gift Maomao left for him. We cut to Maomao riding in a carriage. She takes out a rose bud from her cloak and the episode closes with her looking at it.

We’ve covered the entire episode with a lengthy recap that touches on all major plot points and discusses the chapter with an accompanying review. You can find that link below.

What are your hopes for The Apothecary Diaries’ first season? Did you read the light novel it’s based on? Let us know in the comments below!